United States v. Andre Montgomery, A/K/A Andre Montgomery Bey

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Andre Montgomery appeals from the district court’s order sentencing him to fifteen years’ imprisonment with no probation under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a) (Supp. Ill 1985), based on a jury verdict convicting him of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a)(1) (1982). For reversal, he argues (A) the district court committed various sentencing errors; (B) the government used its peremptory challenges to reduce the number of black jurors, in violation of his fifth and sixth amendment rights; (C)…